Original

Reformed spellings for Igbo Settlements
Abakaliki is Abakaleke; Afikpo is Ehugbo; Asaba is Ahaba; Awgu is Ogu; Awka is Oka; Bonny is Ubani; Enugu is Enugwu; Ibusa is Igbuzor; Igrita is Igwuruta; Oguta is Ugwuta; Onitsha is Onicha; Owerri is Owerre; Oyigbo is Obigbo; Port Harcourt is Diobu; Ogwashi-Uku is Ogwa Nshi Ukwu... any more will be added.

Thursday, November 24, 2011

Ichie Onyeso



CHIEF ONYESO WITH ỌFỌ, ỌTỌN, AND BAG.


Location: ?Unsure?, Alaigbo | Date: ?Unsure?, Before 1913 | Credit: Thomas
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Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Yam barn



Location: ?Unknown? | Date: 1880-1939 | Credit: J Stöcker
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Wooden door





Location: Ihale (Ihiala?) | Date: 1880-1939 | Credit: J Stöcker
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Entrance of a building



Location: Ihale (Ihiala?) | Date: 1880-1939 | Credit: J Stöcker
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Sunday, October 23, 2011

Market



Location: ?Unknown? | Date: 1880-1939 | Credit: J Stöcker
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Ala



Location: ?Unknown? | Date: 1880-1939 | Credit: J Stöcker
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boy standing beside two life-sized wooden Igbo figures. Figures represent a man and a woman.


Location: Ihale [Ihiala?], Alaigbo | Date: 1880-1939 | Credit: J Stöcker
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staff at Fort Salisbury, New Calabar. Men seated on ground are wearing robes and caps and holding drums. Ibo masquerade head-dress on ground in front of a drum.


Location: "Fort Salisbury, New Calabar", Degema | Date: 1890-1905 | Credit: British Museum
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